Metal Gear Solid Touch

	File:MGST.jpg Old Snake in action.
Developer(s)	Kojima Productions
Publisher(s)	Konami
Designer(s)	Hideo Kojima
Series	Metal Gear
Platform(s)	iPhone OS iPod touch
Release	NA, EU, AU: March 18, 2009;
Genre(s)	Third Person Shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

Metal Gear Solid Touch (メタルギアソリッドタッチ, Metaru Gia Soriddo Tacchi) is a third-person shooter video game for iPhone and iPod Touch developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami worldwide. Announced on December 16, 2008, Metal Gear Solid Touch is based on Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.^[1]^[2] It was released on the App Store for select regions on March 18, 2009. Version 2.0.0, featuring an additional 8 stages and being self declared as the Complete Version, was released on April 22, 2009.

Gameplay

The player plays through several missions based on stages from Metal Gear Solid 4, each introduced by brief text summarising the story so far. The player moves their finger across the screen to aim, tapping to fire, and moving their fingers together or apart to zoom in or out with a sniper rifle, removing their fingers from the screen to get behind cover and avoid enemy fire. Gako and Kerotan statues can be shot to gain health and weaponry such as rocket launchers.

The main objective of most missions is to kill a set number of enemies within the time limit. Enemies include hostile PMC soldiers, Haven Troopers and Gekkos. There are also friendly targets which the player is penalised for shooting at. Some sections contain 'Boss fights', where the player fights a boss from the Metal Gear Solid 4 storyline; i.e. Laughing Octopus. Later in the game are boss battles against Metal Gear RAY and Liquid Ocelot that stray from the pattern of the "point and shoot" gameplay.

At the end of each mission, the player is awarded an animal rank based on their performance, similar to other Metal Gear Solid games. Higher ranks award Drebin Points, which can be used to buy rewards such as iPhone character wallpapers.

The updated "complete" version (2.0.0) of MGST has been released on April 22, 2009. This update adds eight more levels and covers the story from the arrival to Shadow Moses Island to the final showdown with Liquid Ocelot. Among the eight levels, four are boss battles (i.e. Metal Gear RAY, Screaming Mantis).

References

^ Crecente, Brian (2009-02-20). "iPhone's Metal Gear Solid to Feature Sniping, MGS4 Story". Kotaku. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
^ Buchanan, Levi (2009-02-22). "New Metal Gear Solid Touch Details". IGN. Retrieved 2009-02-26.

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[1] Crecente, Brian (2009-02-20). "iPhone's Metal Gear Solid to Feature Sniping, MGS4 Story". Kotaku. Retrieved 2009-02-26.

[2] Buchanan, Levi (2009-02-22). "New Metal Gear Solid Touch Details". IGN. Retrieved 2009-02-26.

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